Learning Resources for Going Places

Going Places provides learning opportunities for all year levels, though it has been specifically targeted at students from P – Year 8. The exhibition contains interactive exhibits and several information kiosks for more in-depth learning.

The key messages of the exhibition are:

The range and scope of inventions and technology that humans have developed to travel across Earth’s lands, oceans and atmosphere is truly amazing. Students will observe, understand and use an incredible range of travel technology to see how it makes our lives easier and better.

The Earth presents many challenges for us to overcome in our travels. Visitors learn how its awesome size and natural processes, like gravity, wind, currents, waves, friction and changing landscapes are overcome by the ingenious designs, researched and developed over time. Students will appreciate the need for the continuing development of sustainable technologies for travel and living.